How to Obtain Tickets for Boffo ‘Infinity Mirrors’ Exhibit

By Jim Bleyer Yayoi Kusama’s spectacular “Infinity Mirrors” exhibition enters the final stage of its two-year North American tour de force November 18 at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art and demand for tickets to the multi-media show is soaring. Dubbed by many as the art world’s “Hamilton”, the exhibition …
After LG Picks, DeSantis and Gillum Need to Woo Party Skeptics

By Jim Bleyer The first order of business for Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum: mending fences. With Jeanette Nuñez and Chris King, the gubernatorial hopefuls chose solid, if not bold, imaginative picks for their running mates last week. But they face monumental missionary work after bitter, divisive primaries. Public …
The Fix Is In: OPPAGA In Cahoots with Media Promoting Jeff Vinik Tax
Rick Scott’s Failed Leadership Cost Seniors Their Lives
Jeff Vinik Tax Just Doesn’t Add Up
Greed Over Need: Tampa Bay Times Pitches a Temper Tantrum

By Sharon Calvert, from Eye on Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Times needs an intervention. The Times has reported more than 40 Hillsborough County schools desperately need new air conditioners. They recently published this article about the A/C issue, hot classrooms, and mold in schools. When Plant High School opened …
Graham’s Woeful Hillsborough Performance Reflects on Tampa Bay Times, Buckhorn
Pay-for-Play Blogger Continues to Disgrace Himself with Racist Tweet

By Jim Bleyer No one ever confused Peter Schorsch with Heywood Campbell Broun, Ernie Pyle, Nellie Bly, or even the rawest cub reporter. Schorsch is the St. Petersburg-based owner of Florida Politics, the widely acknowledged pay-for-play echo chamber for Florida politicians, political operatives, and lobbyists that lamely attempts to …
In Hillsborough’s All for Transportation transit effort, “All” means 5 out of 1.4 million

By Sharon Calvert, from Eye on Tampa Bay Five downtown Tampa special interests contributed $150,000 each to fund the “All for Transportation” (AFT) transit tax hike petition effort, literally buying their way onto the November ballot in Hillsborough County. The $750,000 was used to fast track a proposed massive …
Main Casualty in the Alvarez-Valdes Florida House Contest: Janet Cruz
Alvarez Would Well Represent Constituents in FL House; Anti-Public Education Valdes Favors Special Interests

By Jim Bleyer Hillsborough County voters have an easy decision Sept. 28 in the Florida House District 62 Democratic primary. The choice: A Marine veteran whose dedication to improving public education is widely admired or a controversial member of the school board beholden to special interests. Mike Alvarez, has …
Florida Progressives Need to Vote Values, Not Party

By Karik Krishnaiyer, republished from The Florida Squeeze As we approach another party primary which has been divisive, the calls for unity and coming together are as loud and nauseating as ever. As a longtime active Democrat in Florida, I’ve sacrificed principle and my values before to back deeply-flawed …
Meet Liberty County, the Impoverished Panhandle Jurisdiction That Jeff Vinik Hopes to Emulate

By Jim Bleyer Bristol, FL—Declaring Florida’s Liberty County as sleepy surely is an understatement. Comatose would be a more accurate description of this rural outpost 50 miles west of Tallahassee. The Apalachicola National Forest provides a canopy of longleaf pine for fully half of Florida’s least populous county. Liberty …
OPPAGA Counsel, Like Sgt. Schultz, Knows Nothing

By Jim Bleyer As far as we can determine, Hogan’s Heroes character Sgt. Schultz did not hold a law degree nor was he entrusted with protecting the public purse. But Janet Tashner, the state Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability’s General Counsel, apparently needs those qualifications for the …
Special Interests vs. The People: Hillsborough Tax War Has Officially Begun!
Cronies Collaborate to Control Billions of Tax Dollars

By Sharon Calvert, from Eye on Tampa Bay The Vinik $15-18 Billion transit tax hike and the Chuck Sykes/District Rays Candidate Hagan billion dollar stadium have officially combined into one collaborative effort. The latest campaign filing found on the SOE website of Vinik’s transit tax hike All For Transportation (AFT) …
Tampa Bay Times Recommends Predator by Proxy Kathleen Peters

By Jim Bleyer The editorial recommendation of State Rep. Kathleen Peters for the Pinellas County Commission represents another #MeToo fail for the Tampa Bay Times. Peters, gal pal of disgraced predator, former State Sen. Jack Latvala, has been insensitive to the victims of sexual harassment but more than sympathetic to …
Transportation Experts Slam Hillsborough Light Rail Plans, Higher Sales Tax

By Jim Bleyer A group of nationally recognized transportation experts Saturday lambasted a Hillsborough County special interest referendum calling for a one percent sales tax increase to finance a mishmosh of transit options including an obsolete light rail system. Four panel discussions with ten speakers were featured at a …
Dana Young Going Full Throttle While Janet Cruz Uses Cloak of Invisibility

By Jim Bleyer With the 2018 general election just three months away, incumbent State Sen. Dana Young has taken to the hustings, appearing at panel discussions, campaign events, and fundraisers. Voters in Senate District 18 have been bombarded with Young campaign literature outlining her accomplishments in the Florida Legislature. …